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poachers, whose characters are well known to us, 

 after carefully inquiring into the charges made 

 against them, and they having been ably defended 

 by solicitors, on an Appeal to the Dublin Castle 

 authorities the fines are considerably reduced, 

 which is an incentive to further crime. Police, to 

 my knowledge, were badly beaten, which is very 

 disheartening to them; also bailiffs were badly 

 beaten, and the inspectors. Some Justices of the 

 Peace and Deputy Lieutenants know this, but will 

 not confess." 



The SUIR, rising on high land in the north of 

 Tipperary, and falling, after a run of 114 miles, into 

 Waterford harbour, has a chequered history. Lord 

 Stanhope says that netting at the mouth has caused 

 a " very considerable " deterioration. Writing more 

 particularly in behalf of Lord Donoughmore, Lord 

 Stanhope, and Lady Margaret Charteris, as well as 

 for himself, Mr. William Rochfort, Cahir Abbey, 

 who owns a mile of this great river and has been 

 fishing since 1882, says that sport was at its best 

 between 1882 and 1886. After that there was 

 deterioration until 1903, when there came a change 

 for the better, which Mr. Rochfort attributes to 

 the activity of the Inspector of Fisheries. Lady 

 Margaret Charteris has recently installed a hatchery 

 near Cahir, from which, it is hoped, many thousands 

 of salmon fry will be turned out every year. 



Colonel Mansergh, Grallagh Castle, Thurles, 

 furnishes me with a lively and able statement : 



" V 7 ery few people have any idea of the capa- 



